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25 2045 MTP Schedule-graph Questions &Answers Commissioner Jacobs said the MPO member re-did the goals and objectives this year, to make it more in line with the vision of the elected officials, as to what they hope to accomplish within the federal law. He said most goals and objectives are not written this way by other jurisdictions. He said there is a strong preference on the Board to challenge the limitation on bike and pedestrian projects. He said the OUTBoard mentions the train station on the second page, and it is fully funded. He said Jeff Mann, GoTriangle General Manager, reports a tug of war between Norfolk Southern and the North Carolina Railroad, as to who is going to do the planning related to the train station. He said that is the reason for the delay in the train station. Commissioner Jacobs said the Board has not discussed the route in Carrboro, and he would like more information on this prior to a vote. He said he would like to see a new bike plan for Orange County. He said he agreed with #3. Patrick McDonough, GoTriangle Manager of Planning and Transit Oriented Development, said there is a way to have a positive impact on the discussion surrounding the train station. He said Nina Schlossburg, DCHC MPO, was recently appointed to the North Carolina Railroad Board of Directors, along with Bill Bell. He said this provides representation at a level where there has previously been none. A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Rich to endorse #3, and refer#1 and #2 to staff and the OUTBoard (attachment 3) VOTE: UNANIMOUS e. Board of Commissioners - BOCC Chair/Vice Chair Voting Process The Board discussed a process for selecting the BOCC Chair and Vice Chair during the Board's annual organizational meeting in December. BACKGROUND: The Board has historically utilized paper ballots for selecting the Board Chair and Vice Chair at its annual organizational meeting in December. This process consists of the Clerk to the Board distributing ballots to each Commissioner to complete and sign. The Clerk then collects the ballots and reads out loud the selected nominee on each ballot. The ballots are a public record and are kept in the Clerk's office in the permanent agenda files. At the Board's November 9, 2017 work session, two options were proposed: Option 1: To add an additional step to the current selection process which is to have the Clerk to the Board, after collecting the ballots, to not only read the nominee's name on each ballot, but also read the name of the signatory on each ballot so as to make the process transparent to the public attending the meeting and also to those viewers watching on the web and/or television. Option 2: Utilize a selection process in which the current Chair requests nominations from Board members for the position of Chair. The current Chair would close the nominations and then solicit votes by show of hands for each nominee for Chair, with each Board member only